Utah · Private foundation
James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $44,066
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $54k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $80k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $63k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weber County School District Foundation | $78,112 | 8 | 2% |
| The Christmas Box International | $51,600 | 1 | 3% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Utah | $44,066 | 1 | 1% |
| Keystone Recovery Center Inc | $22,100 | 1 | 46% |
| Ogden School Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Weber State University | $15,340 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Community Services of Utah | $12,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation | $12,821 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Impact Incorporated | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weber County School District Foundation | $78,112 | 8 | 2% |
| The Christmas Box International | $51,600 | 1 | 3% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Utah | $44,066 | 1 | 1% |
| Keystone Recovery Center Inc | $22,100 | 1 | 46% |
| Ogden School Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Weber State University | $15,340 | 5 | n/a |
| Catholic Community Services of Utah | $12,821 | 1 | n/a |
| Ogden Pioneer Days Foundation | $12,821 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Impact Incorporated | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anne's Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Womens Retreat House | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Family Promise of Ogden | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the Weber Morgan Children's Justice Center | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Huntsville Utah Marathon | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Enableutah Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Eccles Community Art Center | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Wadman Foundation · Dr Wc Swanson Family Foundation · The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Nebeker Family Foundation · United Way of Northern Utah · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Ascent Credit Union Foundation · Beaver Creek Foundation
How this is measured
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About James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation
- How much does James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation give?
- James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $62,566 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Community Improvement (23%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Weber County School District Foundation ($78k), The Christmas Box International ($52k), Prevent Child Abuse Utah ($44k).
- Does James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wadman Foundation, Dr Wc Swanson Family Foundation, The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation.
- Where is James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation based?
- James E & Norma Kier Charitable Foundation is based in UT.
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